It’s come to this: the moment after graduation when New York City lingers in my mind with a bright red question mark next to it. I grew up in a small town in North Carolina, the kind of place where…
Insane Things Children Have Said To Me
In between graduating a semester early from college and applying to real “adult” jobs, I’ve been working as an elementary school reading tutor as well as a babysitter for a 6-year-old. Spending most of my waking hours with children has…
Ranking My Favorite (and Least Favorite) Romance Book Tropes
If you know anything at all about romance books, you know a huge chunk of their marketing is based on the tropes within them. You get a lot of those posts with the little arrows pointing to hockey romance or…
15 Things I Have Been Enjoying Lately
Here’s a list of 15 things I’ve been enjoying lately!!! Callan <3
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her…
Twenty-Five Books I Want to Read in 2025
So, twenty-five is a big number for me. Especially when I look at my measly 15 books read last year. But you know what they say: new year, new me. I’m aiming for a good 53 books this year, so…